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Fishing Nations to Sustain Tuna Quotas

Posted: November 20, 2012 | By: [SF Gate]

Morocco - Fishing countries on Monday voted to keep up strict limits on catching Atlantic bluefin tuna, overruling fierce opposition from critics who argue that the key sushi ingredient is on the rebound.

Observers at a weeklong meeting in the Moroccan resort of Agadir said some countries pushed for removing tough quotas, but that the 48-member international organization of fishing nations decided the devastated population still needed time to rebuild.